Sinner beats Safiullin and flies into the semi-finals at Wimbledon

Jannik Sinner is inside the semifinals of Wimbledon thanks to the victory over the Russian Roman Safiullin in four sets inside the quarterfinals: 6-4/3-6/6-2/6-2 the final score in desire of the 22-year-vintage tennis participant from San Candido. Sinner is the third Italian to reach the semifinals of the Championships, after Nicola Pietrangeli in the 1960s and Matteo Berrettini in 2021. “I will go onto the pitch with the right mentality”, said the South Tyrolean on the stop of the game. “Now I’ll attempt to relaxation and face one of the maximum crucial suits of my profession to this point.”

Grateful for moments like this, into the semifinals! @Wimbledonpic.Twitter.Com/UiD1sYLtvw

— Jannik Sinner (@janniksin)

July eleven, 2023

After today’s victory, Sinner became the 10th Italian ever to attain a semifinal in a Grand Slam event, the 0.33 as referred to in the records of Wimbledon. The Azzurri semifinalists within the Majors have been, in alphabetical order, Corrado Barazzutti, Matteo Berrettini, Marco Cecchinato, Uberto De Morpurgo, Giorgio De Stefani, Beppe Merlo, Adriano Panatta, Nicola Pietrangeli and Orlando Sirola, earlier than Sinner, who's additionally the most younger to have ever come this some distance in a Grand Slam event.

Furthermore, for the eighth time in Wimbledon history, an Italian player has played in the zone-finals. Only  fine precedents for the Azzurri: the sector-final won with the aid of Nicola Pietrangeli in 1960 towards the American Barry MacKay (sixteen-14 6-2 3-6 6-4) and the prevailing one by Matteo Berrettini in 2021 towards Felix Auger- Aliassime (6-three five-7 7-5 6-3). Pietrangeli then misplaced within the semifinals; even as Berrettini went all of the way to the final, then misplaced towards Djokovic.